Dead Dudes in the House
| Dead Dudes in the House | |
|---|---|
 Original VHS Cover. None of the actors featured on the cover are in the actual movie. | |
| Directed by | James Riffel |
| Written by | James Riffel |
| Produced by | Mark Bladis Melissa Lawes James Riffel |
| Starring |
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| Edited by | Valerie Schwartz |
| Distributed by | Troma Entertainment |
Release date | 1991 |
Running time | 95 minutes |
| Language | English |
Dead Dudes in the House, originally titled The Dead Come Home and sometimes released as The House on Tombstone Hill,[1][2] is a 1991 independent horror film written and directed by James Riffel and distributed by Troma Entertainment.
For reasons unknown, Troma advertises the characters in Dead Dudes as "hip-hop teens", as evidenced by the actors on the green VHS cover (who do not appear in the movie), despite the fact that there is no reference to hip-hop of any kind throughout the entire movie. [This has since been corrected on the yellow cover for the 2010 Amazon.com DVD-R release.]
According to Troma president Lloyd Kaufman's book All I Need to Know about Filmmaking I Learned from the Toxic Avenger, Troma fans consider Dead Dudes in the House to be one of the company's unsung masterpieces.
Plot
The film follows a group of teenagers who travel up to a dilapidated house for some fixing up. Unbeknownst to them, the house is occupied by a murderous old woman and her sultry daughter, who proceed to pick the teens off one by one.
Cast
- James Griffin
- J. D. Cerna (billed as John Dayton Cerna)
- Sarah Newhouse
- Douglas Gibson
- Victor Verhaeghe
- Mark Zobian
- Rob Moretti
Release
The VHS and DVD of the film are both available on Amazon and eBay. Createspace has made the film available on a DVD-R via Amazon.
In September 2018, American distributor Vinegar Syndrome released the film on Blu-ray as The House on Tombstone Hill.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Albright, Brian (2012). "New York". Regional Horror Films, 1958-1990: A State-by-state Guide with Interviews. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co, Inc. pp. 249–50.
- ^ Willis, Donald C (1997). Horror and Science Fiction Films IV. Scarecrow Press. p. 114. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
- ^ "The House on Tombstone Hill (Slipcover) – Vinegar Syndrome". vinegarsyndrome.com. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
External links
- Dead Dudes in the House at IMDb
- Dead Dudes in the House – at the Troma Entertainment movie database
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